Atractylodes Macrocephalae Paeoniae Radix is an important formula for treating pain and diarrhea, which has the effect of tonifying the spleen and softening the liver, dispelling dampness and stopping diarrhea.
Atractylodes Macrocephalae Paeoniae Radix is composed of Atractylodes Macrocephalae, Paeonia lactiflora, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae and Fangfeng. In this formula, Atractylodes macrocephala tonifies the spleen and dries dampness; Paeonia lactiflora softens the liver, eases the urgency and relieves pain (relieving urgent pain symptoms); Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae regulates qi and dries dampness, awakens the spleen and harmonizes the stomach; Fenghuang, with its ascending and dispersing nature, disperses the depression of liver and disperses the spleen and qi, and it can help to stop diarrhea, and it is the medicine for the Spleen meridian.
The combination of the four drugs can nourish the spleen and stop diarrhea, soften the liver and regulate qi to stop pain, so that the spleen is healthy and the liver is soft, and the pain and diarrhea will stop.
Atractylodes Macrocephalae Paeoniae Radix is a commonly used formula for treating pain and diarrhea caused by disharmony between the liver and spleen (the liver and spleen cannot work in harmony). Clinical diagnosis is based on abdominal pain with intestinal tinnitus, diarrhea, abdominal pain with diarrhea, relief of pain after diarrhea, and slow pulse with left strings and right strings.
There are no contraindications to the use of this formula, but as a traditional Chinese medicine formula, it must be used after the doctor’s diagnosis and treatment and in accordance with the doctor’s prescription, and must not be used on one’s own.